What are your favorite ACTs?!

ShLUbY

ShLUbY

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bankcee said:
you're the pro boss. and I'm gonna do what you say. so they took a gallon yesterday and I'm not gonna water today.. but I think the cold is keeping the soil too moist like your saying. any way I can help this dry out? or just let the sun do its work?
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get them offa the cement blocks and get some air under the pots. use gravel or whatever you have that will allow water to run away. sand would maybe work too... i want you to really pay attention to how much weight those pots are losing. like i said, when they are super dry, it'll surprise you how light they are.

i think they've just been too moist, and you have been washing away what the microbes have been making available to the plant. that could be where all your nitrogen has been going.
 
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bankcee

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ShLUbY said:
get them offa the cement blocks and get some air under the pots. use gravel or whatever you have that will allow water to run away. sand would maybe work too... i want you to really pay attention to how much weight those pots are losing. like i said, when they are super dry, it'll surprise you how light they are.

i think they've just been too moist, and you have been washing away what the microbes have been making available to the plant. that could be where all your nitrogen has been going.
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I've never really had heavy run off. when I first started this there was very minimal water run off.. but after I made a post about run off in super soil.. I never really gave any run off. so idk where my nitrogen is going.. lol

also are rollie pollies bad for cannabis roots. cause I rolled down two of the pots that didnt look the happiest and there were like 5 buried in the soil.

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ShLUbY

ShLUbY

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dont know about the pollies, theyre prolly ok especially in small numbers.

the roots in the top look good man. new root growth in the top like that usually means you're getting rootbound. so theyve used up a lot of what's in the soil probably as i think greasemonkeymannn suggested earlier. i'd still watch the water man. every day may be too often. that one wilty top is what that looks like.

they are big girls, nice stalks on those things!

you'll have to do some nutrient teas to get you home the rest of the way probably. there's the thread about ACT's and all kinda teas stickied at the top of the organic forum. see if there is some nutrient teas you can make with stuff you have on hand.

the AACT is only needed every 2-3 weeks, if that if the soil is really kickin.
 
ShLUbY

ShLUbY

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bankcee said:
you're the pro boss. and I'm gonna do what you say. so they took a gallon yesterday and I'm not gonna water today.. but I think the cold is keeping the soil too moist like your saying. any way I can help this dry out? or just let the sun do its work?
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lol i'm far from a pro, still learning... but i'm trying to help you out bud!

yeah just let them dry on their own. theyll use up the water if the roots are healthy. if they sit heavy for several days... i'd say you got some root issues. the white roots in the top my look really healthy cause that's where the soil is drying. just keep your eye on it!
 
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bankcee

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@ShLUbY

one of my girls main tops is really droopy. could it be me letting them dry? I don't believe it was that cause it's been like that since the first time I last watered..


and there's a tea I'm gonna post later I wanna see what you think? I need like step by step guidance on finishing these girls off. I'm getting discouraged here hahaha. my homie is lagging on the supplies so I'm gonna try another tea of the stuff I had going last time the kelp and alfalfa and ewc.

I actually still have the dry remains of the kelp alfalfa and ewc that I put into the nylon and brewed the first time can I use that again to brew another tea?
 

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ShLUbY

ShLUbY

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bankcee said:
@ShLUbY

one of my girls main tops is really droopy. could it be me letting them dry? I don't believe it was that cause it's been like that since the first time I last watered..


and there's a tea I'm gonna post later I wanna see what you think? I need like step by step guidance on finishing these girls off. I'm getting discouraged here hahaha. my homie is lagging on the supplies so I'm gonna try another tea of the stuff I had going last time the kelp and alfalfa and ewc.

I actually still have the dry remains of the kelp alfalfa and ewc that I put into the nylon and brewed the first time can I use that again to brew another tea?
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nah i would use new, not reuse. the scraps are good for compost pile or worm bin.

i'm tellin ya man, i think the droopiness is root issues. how has the watering been going?
 
ShLUbY

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Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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ShLUbY said:
yeah that tea looks good dude. i don't know about that big and bloom product, but the fox farm bloom is clean from what I was told. the Rev uses it as a base for his flowering tea i saw @Richard Drysift mention this somewhere. i forget where. Richard, do you know of a good bloom tea for this guy here?
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Yeah big bloom by FF is good for all purpose and flowering teas. Here's a tea I just gave my girls in early flower:
3 gals rain water(or RO, what have you)
1/2 cup Big Bloom
2 cups fresh EWC
1 tsp molasses
5 pellets seabird guano 11-12-2
1 tsp 5-5-5 happy frog fertilizer

Bubble for 48 hrs & dilute it by 1-3 gals water before applying. To make a finishing tea to give 3 weeks before harvest just omit the 555 HF & the guano
 
ShLUbY

ShLUbY

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Richard Drysift said:
Yeah big bloom by FF is good for all purpose and flowering teas. Here's a tea I just gave my girls in early flower:
3 gals rain water(or RO, what have you)
1/2 cup Big Bloom
2 cups fresh EWC
1 tsp molasses
5 pellets seabird guano 11-12-2
1 tsp 5-5-5 happy frog fertilizer

Bubble for 48 hrs & dilute it by 1-3 gals water before applying. To make a finishing tea to give 3 weeks before harvest just omit the 555 HF & the guano
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thanks man. how bout a late flower one as well, just elim some of the N and get something with some PK?
 
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bankcee

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ShLUbY said:
nah i would use new, not reuse. the scraps are good for compost pile or worm bin.

i'm tellin ya man, i think the droopiness is root issues. how has the watering been going?
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I watered 3/4 a gallon yesterday. and haven't since then. gonna let it lighten out again.. and then do that or a gallon every 3 days or so.
 
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bankcee

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Richard Drysift said:
Yeah big bloom by FF is good for all purpose and flowering teas. Here's a tea I just gave my girls in early flower:
3 gals rain water(or RO, what have you)
1/2 cup Big Bloom
2 cups fresh EWC
1 tsp molasses
5 pellets seabird guano 11-12-2
1 tsp 5-5-5 happy frog fertilizer

Bubble for 48 hrs & dilute it by 1-3 gals water before applying. To make a finishing tea to give 3 weeks before harvest just omit the 555 HF & the guano
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I found this on amazon. but it's 12 12 2. which wouldn't probably be too bad for my case of N def. but it does say pelletized.. same thing?
 
ShLUbY

ShLUbY

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bankcee said:
I watered 3/4 a gallon yesterday. and haven't since then. gonna let it lighten out again.. and then do that or a gallon every 3 days or so.
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this is good thing dude. i'm tell ya you had some wet roots. i think that's where the droopiness is coming from. i hope they recover. they may even take it once every other day when they get healthy again. just keep checking the weight of the pot. put it on a scale if you have to! :)
 
Sunny Organics

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bankcee said:
I was reading people feed them paper and cardboard? that couldn't possibly be a good thing? what is the point of this? inexpensive?

I've seen that worm factory 360.. might do that. I'll def hit you up as soon as I get one. make sure I'm doing this right. what does a tray equate to?
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my base is shredded newspaper, cardboard, and egg cartons. mix some soil with some azomite and egg shells. I use my nutri bullet to make the azomite and eggshells powder and thats pure power for your end product. mix everything in a bin. use 2 5$ Walmart bins and drill holes on the top sides/ends and on one of the lids. for food i use everything thats not citrus, onions, spicy, meats, or dairy. just give them left over veggies and fruits, even oatmeal, coffee grounds,bread, and even some pasta...... bunch of stuff.... feed every week or so.

for teas you can try this - https://www.rollitup.org/t/recycled-organic-living-soil-rols-and-no-till-thread.636057/
 
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